I'd put it slightly differently. Before 1990 or so, the system did let go of a lot of children too quickly and too easily. Ensuring that everyone stuck around to the very end and left with somet… (View Post)

Or alternatively, certain types of well-managed neurodiversity/SEND correlate with incredibly high academic achievement. The key word being well-managed. Anecdote: back in the 90s, when I was a postg… (View Post)

Though education should be fun some of the time, and probably more of the time than is the case right now. Since at least Blunkett, we have created a system that gets as many young people as possible… (View Post)

A better argument starts from the observation that revolutions are generally bad things for all involved. Which is why the smart thing to is to throw the lower orders sufficient bones that they never… (View Post)

Like the recent Red/Blue School Wars thing, which I think was traced back to a bored windup merchant on TikTok. (View Post)